University of Hartford

About: University of Hartford is a education organization based out in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 1244 authors who have published 2481 publications receiving 48973 citations. The organization is also known as: UHart.

Early Temperament and Attachment Security with Mothers and Fathers as Predictors of Toddler Compliance and Noncompliance

Abstract: This longitudinal study (n = 106) examined associations between temperament, attachment, and styles of compliance and noncompliance. Infant negative temperamental reactivity was reported by mothers at 3, 5 and 7 months. Infant attachment was assessed (Strange Situation) at 12 (mothers) and 14 months (fathers). Toddlers' styles of compliance/noncompliance were measured using two laboratory contexts (clean-up/delay) at 20 months. Results indicated that temperament and attachment predicted toddler behaviour. Toddlers who were secure with mothers and low in temperamental negative reactivity showed more committed compliance than those who were insecure and low in negative reactivity or secure and high in negative reactivity. In addition, interactions revealed that relations between infant–mother attachment and defiance depended on infant–father attachment security, temperament and context. Findings highlight the differential and complex roles of temperament and attachment as potential precursors of later social competence. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Starting the HR and change conversation with history

Abstract: Contemporary questions about human resources (HR) and organizational change reflect historical tensions around whose interests HR should represent and its role in the change process. HR's recent strategic focus has brought it greater legitimacy; at the same time, voices it represented earlier have been muted. This paper provides an historical context to today's conversation about HR and organizational change. We interpret the early footings of HR – scientific management, welfare work, and vocational guidance– focusing on issues of change for whom, on whom, and for what purpose. Three subsequent eras, important to the history of HR, are also discussed. Throughout, HR's approach to change has emphasized efficiency, stability, and fit. As an alternative to this conservative approach to change, we propose a negotiations perspective that would allow HR to build on its history by enacting a role where different interests can be explored, probed, and realized.

The influence of communicative competence on perceived task, social, and physical attraction

Abstract: Although previous research has found that perceived attractiveness (especially physical attractiveness) is associated with perceptions of communicative effectiveness (Brandt, 1979; Chaiken, 1979; Zakahi & Duran, 1984), research has not been conducted to determine whether communicative competence influences perceived task, social, and physical attractiveness. The present study utilized a pretest‐posttest design with posttests of perceived task, social, and physical attractiveness serving as the dependent variables, and communicative competence as the independent variable, with the pretests of perceived task, social, and physical attractiveness as the covariates. Results indicated communicative competence accounted for 17%, 14%, and 8% of the variance in perceived task, social, and physical attractiveness, respectively. The discussion addresses the theoretical implications of these results.

Ocular lesions associated with attachment of the parasitic copepod Ommatokoita elongata (Grant) to corneas of Greenland sharks, Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch and Schneider)

Abstract: The eyes from six Greenland sharks, Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider), infected with the parasitic copepod Ommatokoita elongata (Grant) were collected in the Arctic waters of Victor Bay, North-west Territories, Canada, for study. Transformed adult female copepods, one per eye, were firmly attached to the corneas by an anchoring structure (i.e. the bulla) and each bulla was associated with an opaque area on the cornea. Two eyes additionally had one O. elongata copepodid attached to the cornea via frontal filaments with bullas which were each associated with a small corneal opacity. In addition to opacities associated with copepods at the time of collection, there were several randomly distributed, small, round-to-irregular, full-thickness corneal opacities which were not associated with copepods. Two unfixed eye lenses grossly examined in the field were normal in appearance. Histologically, corneal epithelial ulceration and heterophilic keratitis, disruption, mineralization, and detachment of Bowman's membrane, thinning, disorganization, mineralization and fibrosis of the corneal substantia propria, and focal thinning and mineralization of Descement's membrane were observed. Mild heterophilic and mononuclear anterior uveitis was also present. Based on the present observations, it is concluded that parasitism by O. elongata could lead to severe vision impairment (possibly including blindness) in Greenland sharks. However, the otherwise healthy appearance of the infected sharks studied and the information contained in the literature suggests that O. elongata infections do not significantly debilitate the hosts.

Face Concerns and Facework Strategies in Maintaining Postdivorce Coparenting and Dating Relationships

Abstract: After divorce, coparents struggle with coping with the divorce, parenting, maintaining contact with one another, and developing dating relationships. They find challenge in maintaining multiple relationships, but we know little about how coparents manage face threats in light of these challenges. Thirty-five coparents who dated after divorce took part in interviews regarding facework in their coparenting relationships. Coparents experienced positive face threats related to their parenting and familial responsibilities. Negative face threats included being constrained in parenting choices and replaced by coparents' dating partners. Coparents employed multiple facework strategies, including decreasing communication with one another, confronting one another, and communicating through e-mail.